4 link rear suspension by Classic conversions

I've looked at this product for some time and although I'm generally moving towards "stock" setups being the best option, I'm always bothered by the leaf springs (as are many others given the previous commentary on these boards found in the searches and that the original MG engineers wanted a trailing arm setup). The Frontline kit looks amazing but at $4200 a bit steep. Bill's kit has a good price and I interested to hear some commentary on how it installed and how it worked once on the road. Any comments appreciated.
I posted over on the MGB board as well but I though I might find more people who have installed it here...

Thanks,
Tom

The only thing you will need to do with your 1980 MGB is do a slight redesign of the battery box.....the top link on the right side will interfere with the factory setup.

A little welding is all that was required. You can see what I did in this picture...note, it is a Ford 8", not an MGB diff...makes no difference, you will still need to make the change.....

(Graham's install is a lot prettier! :) )

Attached is a thread on the British V8 site and some observations that were made back in May of this year.
http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?7,8751
Since making my initial comments and piling up a few more miles on the suspension (and with some conversation with Bill) the 165lb coilovers have been uprated to 185lb. (No perceived difference in ride but less chance of bottoming).
I still feel that the 4-link is an overall performance improvement over the original leaf spring design.

We have sold a total of 28 units in 18 months and will be ready to order another 15 kits from the fabricator. We have shipped them all over the world, NZ, Australia, Colombia, Mexico,Canada, Norway and the US. We made some minor changes such as the bottom bracket which will fit all alxes now. Prior brackets had to enlarge the hole for the U bolt to fit the Ford or GM axle. Also the U bolt for the Ford and GM is longer.
I am also testing a coil over shock that we will offer as an option. The option coil over is adjsutable and yes more $$$

I have clock well over 6k miles on my RD with the 4 link, the front and rear suspesnion changes have the best modifications I have made to the RD My wife now likes the ride of the RD. No problems at all. Our 4 link is also used on some high power B's that have well over 300 hp to the rwar wheels.

The question is, what are your concerns.

I don't have any specific concerns but I know there are some less than optimal alternatives for the MGB. I'm trying to do some due dilligence to separate well marketed products from truly well designed products.

As much as the rear leaf springs are hardly sports-car hardware; they work, have worked for decades and don't introduce any dangerous or unexpected side effects. I've tried several of the 'improvement' products for MG suspension and have been less than impressed with the alternatives to the stock setup.

This product looks like a winner from customer testimony, which is what I was looking for. As well, this product, looks to be of a quality and design that it sets itself appart from some other options and at a price point that is not silly. Given that I have a 76 body without the rear anti-sway bar...I'm looking at the rear anti-sway bar from Addco and it does not look good, I'll probably try this.
tc

Bill is also coming out with a new front suspension that looks good. There is a couple teaser shots on his website. The addco bar would be all right if you changed the mounting to the ubolt kind like the pickup truck mounts. I kind of wish they had a 1" front one.

Another precautionary note: The upper link brackets as located on the axle might be situated on the steel axle tube or the cast iron carrier (or a combination of both)- make sure that a competent welder uses the correct weld process to weld them in place.

This design is almost identical to the factory rear suspension on my Mitsubishi and it handles and rides great.

I am planning to try this out as soon as I get some other big projects taken care of.

Neil, you are on top of the list for the parts you need.

Superb Bill, I'll give you a ring on Monday (if I remember:))

Ok I bite sounds great how much work and does it require some welding. I don't have a welder. when is the adjustment setup coming out?

Rick

What's that you have attached to the bottom of the floor pans?

You jest, correct Larry? :)

Actually, it's a kickstand.

Tom:

I am holding you personally responsible for this...after reading your post and the responses, I went ahead and ordered a kit today. I sure hope that nobody ask about the fast cars front suspension.............:devil:

Pete

The only thing I aee are the arms of the lift (the yellow things) Am I missing something.